UK Diving » 07July08 Salthouse long weekend land and sea » Diving the Rosalie

Oddly the life on the Rosalie seemed a little restrained, for slug enthusiasts at least, as the sessile stuff - particularly bryozoans was in the accendant... hopefully there will be a flush of slugs later!

We only found this single Flabellina pedata - but it was...	What a sweet face... devouring small hydroids -...	The Sand gobies - Pomatoschistus minutus - by the Rosalie...	As well as the usual tiny stuff we also found this sadly...	Once you're over the grossness of it all have a look at...
A very nice golden Long spined Sea Scorpion - Taurulus...	The Dahlia anemones - Urticina felina - has been numerous...	...just a few yellow examples and a few middling orange...	Somewhere there's an angler crying over the loss of this...	Velvet swimming crab, trying to look cute - by not...
Shore crab - Carcinus maenas - on the look out	The Rosalie usually has bigger lobsters than the Vera -...	One of the relatively few large Edible crabs we saw on...	Here's a nice orange Bloody Henry - Henricia spp.	The translucent white - nivea form - are the most elegant...
On this one the stalk is the same colour too... making...	Another gratuitous Elegant anemone	The Elegant anemones have almost all been white or this...	Dawn found Hermit Crab fir on the Rosalie too. This...	This sandmason worm - Lanice conchilega - has produced a...
Wondering how to tell a shore from harbour crab? This is...	The Bib - Trisopterus luscus - are nosey but not really...	...but tempting...	...at least they keep coming back.	Note the 3 upper fins and the lateral line which arches...
Shredded carrot sponge - Amphilectus fucorum - is one of...	Mermaids tresses is an anorexic look-a-bit-alike for...	Kate floating back to shore after putting up with Rob...

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